Global Patent Index - EP 4129208 A1

EP 4129208 A1 20230208 - MEDICAL INSTRUMENT SUITABLE FOR LIGATURE OR SIMILAR

Title (en)

MEDICAL INSTRUMENT SUITABLE FOR LIGATURE OR SIMILAR

Title (de)

MEDIZINISCHES INSTRUMENT ZUR LIGATUR ODER DERGLEICHEN

Title (fr)

INSTRUMENT MÉDICAL APPROPRIÉ POUR UNE LIGATURE OU SIMILAIRE

Publication

EP 4129208 A1 20230208 (EN)

Application

EP 21774929 A 20210319

Priority

  • JP 2020056373 A 20200326
  • JP 2021011479 W 20210319

Abstract (en)

A medical instrument, comprising a flexible strap portion having a proximal end and a distal end; a head portion distally extending from and connected to the distal end of the strap portion; and a tail portion proximally extending from and connected to the proximal end of the strap portion; wherein the head portion and the strap portion have a locking feature that allows the strap portion to be tightened to the head portion at a desired position, a loop having a desired size composed of a distal end side part of the strap portion and the head portion can be formed when tightened by the locking feature, and a plurality of features for keeping connected to thread are along the longitudinal direction on at least the distal end side part of the strap portion that forms the loop.

IPC 8 full level

A61B 17/11 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

A61B 17/0466 (2013.01 - US); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01 - EP); A61B 17/11 (2013.01 - KR); A61B 17/12009 (2013.01 - KR US); A61B 17/12013 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01 - KR US); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01 - US); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01 - US); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01 - KR); A61B 2017/12018 (2013.01 - KR)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4129208 A1 20230208; EP 4129208 A4 20240424; CN 115315220 A 20221108; JP 7402473 B2 20231221; JP WO2021193464 A1 20210930; KR 20220139371 A 20221014; US 2023143990 A1 20230511; WO 2021193464 A1 20210930

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 21774929 A 20210319; CN 202180023381 A 20210319; JP 2021011479 W 20210319; JP 2022510446 A 20210319; KR 20227031158 A 20210319; US 202117914534 A 20210319